Ian Ward

England •
42 years old

Ian James Ward

Born on
September 30, 1972 at Plymouth, Devon

Left Handed Batsman
and Right-arm medium bowler

Teams played for England, Sussex

A solid left-handed opening batsman, Ian Ward, enjoyed a second coming to Surrey, five years after his first. He was a late bloomer but grew to become one of the pillars of the Surrey batting departme...
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Batting stats

M

Inn

Runs

HS

Avg

SR

NO

100

50

4s

6s

Tests

5

9

129

39

16.12

40.82

1

0

0

8

0

Bowling stats

M

Inn

B

Runs

Wkts

BBI

BBM

Econ

Avg

SR

5W

10W

Tests

5

0

0

0

0

- / -

- / -

0

0

0

0

0

ICC Rankings

Batting

Current Rank

Career Best

TEST

--

92

ODI

--

-

Bowling

Current Rank

Career Best

TEST

--

-

ODI

--

-

-- indicates player not in top 100Rank changes shown are of the last 30 days

A solid left-handed opening batsman, Ian Ward, enjoyed a second coming to Surrey, five years after his first. He was a late bloomer but grew to become one of the pillars of the Surrey batting department. When he was a part of the England-A squad on the tour of Caribbean, Ward stayed put for over 40 hours to stake claim for an English berth. He did reasonably well against Pakistan but was brought down by the Aussie quicks.Unfortunately, Ward was never to return to the English team after a poor Ashes series in 2001.

However, Ward continued to toil hard in county cricket and shifted to Sussex in 2003. Two years later, he quit all forms of cricket to become a broadcaster and commentator. His sharp insights and analysis make him a key member of the Sky Sports team.